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In article <401vck$g...@northwind.franken.de>,
m...@northwind.franken.de (Martin Mueller) wrote:
>4. Some smoke trails for the LRM's would have been really nice. Again, I can
>   only reference to the BT novels where they always talk about LRM's
>   leaving smoke trails as they spiral into the sky.

It would also be an interesting side effect of putting tons of missiles
on your mech.  Blasting away would put tons of "smoke" in your face,
obscuring your target unless you were in enhanced imaging mode.  It
would also look pretty cool from the outside... :)

>6. Why do 'Mechs explode when they get all legs shot of ? Just let the torso
>   fall to the ground.

Or even better, let them fall, *then* blow up.  Would be rather nifty, sort
of like in the Empire Strikes Back and that AT-AT that got tripped up.

>7. PLEASE implement falling down ! I think there's no more stupid sight than
>   a Marauder standing with one leg blown off (or even worse, a Tarantula with
>   only one remaining leg !).

The only problem with this is, how do you get up then?  I agree that
having a mech standing with one leg is a bit silly, but if a fairly
undamaged mech (well, with all of its legs at least) falls down, how
do we get it back up again without being just as "silly"?  Still, it would
be nifty to launch a barrage of LRM's at a mech and have it get blown back
on its rear... :)

>8. How about Elementals climbing up on your 'Mech and ripping it apart (evil
>   grin) ?  If you're alone on your mission, then you're in deep trouble if the

No hand-to-hand combat's probably why...

                                                                James